The latest Klepto Cat Mystery, Book 25—A CATalyst for Clues, is now available for purchase in print and for your Kindle. The audio version will be offered for sale around November 1. Watch for that big announcement. https://www.amazon.com/CATalyst-Clues-Klepto-Mystery-Book-ebook/dp/B076294TR8/ref=sr_1_20?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506946619&sr=1-20&keywords=klepto+cat+mysteries
In this book, Rags wears a tracking device in order to help with a rescue, with unexpected results, as you can imagine. Well, last week, I received a notice featuring a new tracker for your cat. It’s about the size of a fifty-cent-piece, weighs mere ounces, comes in four color choices, and is designed to hang from your cat’s collar.
If your cat is a roamer and you’d like to track where he goes on his daily rounds throughout the neighborhood, check out the Tabcat Cat Tracker. https://mytabcat.com
First, an announcement: Book 25, CATalyst for Clues, is available for your reading pleasure here: 
Cats are big in Japan. Hello Kitty originated in Japan as did the waving cat—the one that beckons people into businesses. Some call it the good-luck cat. You’ve seen the ceramic cats for sale and promptly displayed in many businesses, in particular those within the Asian culture. The original white and red cat invites wealth, prosperity, good luck. But now there’s also red (to ward off illness), black (to protect from evil), and other colors. I have one of the originals—she’s waving and holding a gold coin. I bought it on my first trip to Hawaii years ago.
Have you heard about Cashnip Kitty who spends his days raising money for the homeless. He raises a few smiles in the process. You see, he’s an office cat for a marketing firm in Tulsa, OK. Evidently, he enjoys sitting at the glass doors of his office building and people-watching. One day the owner walked into the foyer and noticed the cat sitting on a pile of dollar bills. He discovered that people, seeing the cat, would entice him by slipping a bill through the slot between the doors and the cat would take it. So the owner of the firm put up a sign saying, if the cat takes your dollar, we’ll donate it to the homeless.
This is Happy Cat Month and October is National Animal Safety and Prevention Month. Many people and organizations are celebrating these observances in a variety of ways. A Seattle-based company is helping to raise awareness for keeping your cat safe, healthy, and happy while also protecting birds and wildlife. How? By promoting their catios—enclosed patios for cats.
ideas. 
With the onslaught of recent disasters throughout the world, more and more pets have been displaced. Hundreds have been rescued and will be looking for new homes. Some have been taken to new locations many miles from their ravaged communities. Can you imagine the trauma of it all? First there’s the stress and fear during the hurricane or earthquake, then the danger and possible injuries, the homelessness, and finally, for the lucky ones, rescue. But, for the animal, the ordeal is not over at the time of the rescue.
adjust successfully to a loving, stress-free home environment.
Do you have an inside cat like we do? Sophie and Lily are total inside cats and they don’t fight it—never have. They both came to us as kittens who had lived feral and they both agreed to become house cats. They never dart for an open door to the outside world. But they do spend time looking out the windows and enjoying the warmth of the sun shining in.
Set up feeding stations and birdbaths to attract wildlife for the cats to watch. Plant flowers and shrubs that attract butterflies and birds. Sun-catchers as well as wind-chimes that give off soft tones might intrigue a cat. Cats also enjoy seeing other cats in the yard. No matter where you live, there are bound to be neighboring cats that are allowed to roam. Do you entice them by growing catnip, setting out water bowls, and creating cozy comfort stations, for example?
If you’re like most cat owners, you have little rituals and habits you carry out with your cat that few people know about. If someone filmed you doing this and blasted it across the Internet, you would die of embarrassment. For example, my mother told me the other day that she likes to pet her cat’s paws when he’s sprawled out across her lap and tell him how cute she thinks his toes are. Yeah, don’t try to tell me you don’t have secrets between you and your cat.
that she (Lily) might like and she begins to mosey in that direction. I’d let Sophie fend for herself, but the two cats are fed different types of meals because Lily’s on a low-protein kidney diet.
Years ago I had a cat who had her own chair at the table and she’d sit there with us at every meal eating only whatever tidbits I’d place in front of her. Yes, she had manners.
This morning as I slipped into my robe, I had to move a fluffy tail aside to keep from catching it in the zipper. As I made my way into the bathroom, I felt as though I were walking through a furry forest or, perhaps, wearing furry slippers, as Lily kept pace—almost underfoot.
If you’re like me, you enjoy cute cat videos. Here are some sites for your laughing pleasure: Today it’s all about kitten cuteness.
